Recommend a pair of headphones for me

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I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 4.50BTNC wireless headphones (with an optional wire). I love the noise cancellation and the sound reproduction. The earpads were fantastically uncomfortable; I replaced them with some soft, kind of fuzzy ones (described as "Velvet") and I can now wear them for hours.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 22 April 2023 02:24 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

^ i see that one can get the Sennheiser HD 350BT for about $40 cheaper than the these. are they comparable?

budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 17:40 (eleven months ago) link

at this point i'm waffling between a pair of $40 soundcore BT noise-canceling headphones (essentially the cheapest option?) and a pair of Sennheisers in the $90 - 120 range.

budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 17:46 (eleven months ago) link

ten months pass...

do I need a headphone amp if I’m already going through a stereo receiver? I’m not having volume issues at all. Do they make music sound better? Warm tubey goodness?

brimstead, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 01:44 (one month ago) link

I've gone done that road (without spending all that much) and I would say no. Not unless your receiver sounds obviously noisy or is under-powered (like you're almost maxing it out to listen at a comfortable level).

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:13 (one month ago) link

Light dabbling in tubes I also found kind of a waste of time. And reading accounts of people with higher end stuff (who could be honest about it) it's really kinda like, well the lights look nice. Sort of like digital vs vinyl.

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:16 (one month ago) link

I have a tubey headphone amp, but I needed something as my amp didn't have a headphone jack.

The headphones I have are Beyer Dynamic DT 990's, which I mainly bought because the guy in front of me at the hifi place looked like Jimmy Page, and he bought a pair of them. He wasn't Jimmy Page, but just the fact that he looked like him made me think that there must be something to the product. They're really comfy to wear.

henry s, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:26 (one month ago) link

xxp that makes sense, kind of what I suspected. Thanks!

brimstead, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 03:23 (one month ago) link


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